Mexico – United States border

The United States had strong supporters and equally strong critics when entering the war with Mexico in 1846. After Mexico declared its independence from Spain in 1821, Texas decided to declare its independence from Mexico. In 1844, President Polk worked to annex Texas, even though Mexico threatened that they would declare war on the United States if that action were to occur. Polk ignored this and Texas was annexed. At first, both countries disputed over proper borderlines: Texas and the United…

Donald Trump’s Wall Necessary or Unnecessary Donald Trump’s immigration plan has an outrageous bill. He calls for an increase in security along the border that the United State just does not have. Donald Trump’s main point on illegal immigration is, he wants to build the wall on the border of the Texas and Mexico. The question I am posing for this paper is is Donald Trump’s wall cost effective and is it really necessary? The government is already having a monetary problem with the country…

The issues of migration and labor have very complex definitions on the US-Mexico border and those definitions are based on two important aspects which are race and gender. Race in simple words is the social construction that defines a specific group of people with similar and different physical characteristics; and gender refers to the roles, identities and practices that society makes for each interpretation of the sexes. Being part of a specific race is one thing that an individual carries…

always obvious, this leading us to the uncertainty when it comes to the way we deliberate our decisions. So is the case of the United States when facing the…

While going through various articles on the illegal trade going on in the southern border between Mexico and united states of America, I realized that both countries have suffered more so the young people because they form a larger percentage of the people involved in these illegal trades (drug and human trafficking).as the drug barons get rich everyday, young citizens from both countries get disadvantaged. They are the ones that face the law instead of the ‘big thieves’ –the drug barons. Human…

Mexico Mexico, a North American country that borders the United States to the north and Belize and Guatemala to the south. To the west is the Bay of California, formed from an 800-mile peninsula known as Baja California. Two other bodies of water border Mexico to the east; The Gulf of Mexico and Bay of Campeche, both formed by another large peninsula: The Yucatan. Mexico has a rather varied geography: a large plateau makes up the central region, surrounded by mountain chains to both the east…

between America and Mexico. While many fought, others died. In 1846-1848,( “In 1846 the United States went to war with Mexico.”, Overview) the Mexican War occurred just above Mexico and just below Texas,(“Congress of Texas… had declared the Rio del Norte to be the boundary of that republic”,Doc B, p2). The Alamo, the Trails West, and the Texas Revolution all led up to this war.(COUNT)Mexico was the one who actually went on American land, but America did much more. The United States was not…

controversy with the United States and Mexico. Going to war differentiated between the people, but in the end a great deal of people paid the price for going to war; Mexico was described as a prize to the United States. There were significant events that led up to the rivalry between the U.S. and Mexico. There was the annexation of Texas that started the controversy with Mexico’s government. The river that divided Texas and the U.S. was the Rio Grande, which was the proper border between them;…

the decades. The cartels strike fear into the eyes of the people of Mexico and also the government . there are hundreds of cartels located through out Mexico but there are about 7 major cartels. The Beltran, Gulf, Juarez , La Familia, Los Zetas , Sinaloa and the Tijuana cartels are the most known in mexico. Many of americas drugs are brought over from mexico from cocaine , meth, marijuana and even psp can be shipped over the border. although most cartels are joined together one is always more…

Was the United States Justified in Going to War with Mexico? As someone new to the world sets up something would it be right if someone just took it from them with force? This kind of event happened on April 25th, 1846 to Mexico, which where America took land from them through force. The event that triggered the beginning of the war was American troops patrolling an area North of the Rio Grande. American troops engaged a large body of Mexican soldiers that had just crossed the Rio Grande.…